7 Weeks!

This week was another small book week. We studied Micah, Habakkuk, Obadiah, and Zephaniah, and spent Saturday preparing for burying ourselves in Ezekiel this next week. 

This week also marked our last teaching of the year. Jesse and I both love teaching, and I wish it was a bigger part of our course. This teaching was on the book of Habakkuk. 

I chose to pretend I was talking to a team that was about to go on outreach to Japan-- a place that desperately needs some hope in the midst of terrible circumstances. So after going through the historical background of the book and talking about the main message of the book, I focused on one of the last verses in the book:

"Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail, and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there by no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation" (Habakkuk 3:17-18).

I loved this little book. If you've never read it, DO IT! I love that Habakkuk-- God's prophet-- has trouble accepting what God says he's going to do. That last verse is so powerful when you understand that Habakkuk just heard that God was planning on wiping Judah out for their sin AND he was going to use an ungodly nation to do it. It was a big deal for him to come to the place to be able to say, "Ok, God. I trust you. I know what's in front of me is TERRIBLE, and there's literally no hope that you're going to change it. You've promised that this is what's coming. But I know your character, and I know who you are, so I trust you." 


I promise not to preach. But seriously, go study Habakkuk. If you do it and you're confused, I'd be more than happy to share my historical background summary and powerpoint! (And just to clarify, Jesse would be more than happy to share about his teaching as well, but you get to hear about me because I'm the one doing the writing!)


Anyway, on a less serious note, Jesse and I did some rearranging! We sort of hit the wall a couple of weeks ago and knew we needed a serious change of scenery. So we moved Jesse's big desk out of the office and into the living room so we could be in the same room. Then I started piling my things up on the big bookshelf so I can work standing up and save my back from so many hours of sitting! This was in response to this article about the terrifying effects of sitting all day long. 

 Woohoo! I'm very much enjoying the new setup.

56 books down, 10 to go.

3 student teachings down, 0 to go.

who-knows-how-many tests down, 2 more plus a giant paper to go.

30 weeks of class down, 6 to go.

See you all (NH folk) in 7 weeks!